Question Hour 7
22nd April 2006
With : Deeg and Zorg

17:17:51 Zorg: Ok then Deeg will be asking the questions.
17:17:53 Zorg: SILENCE PLEASE
17:19:03 Deeg: QUESTION: 7walker7 asks "Do you have any plans to help with the rising economic
problems caused by the casino and the massive availability of the shops items? If so could you elaborate?"
17:19:31 Zorg: I have thought about it...
17:19:54 Zorg: but with the casino it is all based on luck, if I raise the price...some people will still reach it
17:20:35 Zorg: It is not causing an economic problem because tokens can't be turned in to credits, they can only be used to sell stuff to
other players....as such those things decrease in value when they become abundant
17:21:18 Zorg: But it isn't like I can make the casino any harder, some people still can't seem to win at all in it.
17:22:06 Deeg: QUESTION: Andrew asks "Will there be any more outfits for suscribers?"
17:22:39 Zorg: dk is making outfits for both subscriber and none subscribers.
17:22:58 Zorg: He tends to put costume, re-colored things as subscriber and the rest as normal. But it will be an on going process.
17:23:38 Deeg: QUESTION: badwolf06 asks "is zorg sellin gangsterz2? if he is what will happen? will it be the same?"
17:24:19 Zorg: ....
17:24:35 Zorg: I wouldn't say I am selling it as such, I traded it with this old guy at the market for a
donkey...I dunno what he will do with it.
17:24:46 Deeg: Psh...
17:24:54 Deeg: that was just me before i had a shave :(
17:25:01 Zorg: Nah, why would I sell it? lol
17:25:04 Deeg: and you stole my only means of transprot!
17:25:24 Zorg: lol
17:25:43 Zorg: There are no plans to sell anything anyway :P
17:25:56 Deeg: only me. He put me up on ebay ;)
17:26:16 Zorg: I had offers when it went down before of like $10'000 but I really arn't interested...when you put this many years
work in to something, it isn't for selling
17:26:52 Deeg: QUESTION: begg4merc asks "Is there any more things to add to gangsterz 2?"
17:27:15 Zorg: Lots... -sigh-
17:27:23 Zorg: I have a To-Do list on my wall and it never gets any shorter
17:27:38 Zorg: strangely the new template and session messages (pop up messages you get with 
game announcements) were not on it
17:28:25 Zorg: But yeah attack changes are on it at the moment, I have another little community idea on there and I want to 
remake the Library...lots of stuff
17:28:26 Deeg: I was under the impression zorg did nothing for a few hours, just saat their blankley, then suddenly jumped up 
like a mad scientist with a new creation.
17:28:38 Deeg: I learnt this was not the case about 3 years ago.
17:29:08 Zorg: Sometimes it doesn't look like I do anything in Updates in Sector 1... 
but 1 line enteries like the template actually took 9 hours worth of work.
17:29:29 Zorg: and I have been ill recently, but recovered mostly now.
17:30:17 Deeg: Question : bigmick asks "Is PvP gonna be reintroduced into the game,as i feel G2 is much the worse for not having it.  "
17:30:58 Zorg: Yeah, I will be looking at the balance between PvP and Hunting. I have a few ideas about it.
17:31:44 Zorg: Maybe decrease exp from hunting and put players on 6 hour revivals...I do not know yet 
17:32:04 Zorg: we will see what needs doing once the new attack system is finished
17:32:33 Zorg: (changes mentioned in subscriber forum)
17:32:44 Deeg: So buy your subscriptions now ;)
17:33:07 Deeg: QUESTION: blackfox00 asks "how do you change the look of your character"
17:33:20 Zorg: ....I love how this guy managed to find Question Hour but not the help forums
17:33:40 Zorg: Or character design in options actually
17:34:46 Deeg: QUESTION : brappp asks "is there a eastimate on when the new gang system will be out??"
17:35:26 Zorg: I want to get everything balanced and fun again...revivals, attacking, etc. 
Before I go screwing it all up with this big change.
17:35:56 Zorg: It is still being planned... bit at a time, but it will not be done until everyone is
happy with the current revive / attack system
17:36:14 Zorg: everyone happy...haha, but yeah when I am happy with it at least
17:36:27 Deeg: It will change almost everything in the game, yes?
17:36:47 Zorg: it will change the focus of the game
17:37:14 Deeg: QUESTION: Cannon asks "Is there any thought to how to stop the inflated leveling caused by double experience?"
17:37:51 Zorg: Erm yes, we plan to remove it. I don't like this save for double xp thing people do... it will probably be 
removed the same time we change our voting site.
17:38:29 Zorg: TGS has a real problem accepting votes, and I have actually been invited to another Top 10 list via email.
One who is quite open about all the methods used to reject votes, so  we could be more helpful in finding out why votes are not counted.
17:39:03 Zorg: Also TGS has an In / Out statistic next to our entry, In being our votes and Out is supposed to be the referrals they send to us.
17:39:23 Zorg: For every 100 referrals they say they send out....we get about 5-10, so I am guessing that figure is mostly a lie.
17:39:36 Deeg: It has it's plusses for newer members, in a way, but when level 30's save up for a month and get loans and gain 20 levels, 
it kinda ruins the experience of the game for everyone. Unless of course their aim is to gain quick levels 
rather than savouring the hard work put into leveling :P
17:40:16 Zorg: For all the complaining about Emperor, at least he played the game how it was 
supposed to be played.... he levelled from
PvP and did so constantly not in short bursts.
17:43:00 Deeg: QUESTION: chipedwood asks "If you live in england why do you run the game on american (i think) time?   
Would it not be easier for you to run it at your local time?"
17:43:39 Zorg: Good question
17:43:49 Zorg: well the website is hosted in an American data center
17:44:04 Zorg: so the server automatically changes to EST time.
17:44:26 Deeg: Don't you have like 50 clocks on your wall with g2 server time & your time zones? :)
17:44:36 Zorg: 2 clocks...
17:44:40 Zorg: 1 with server 1 with gmt :P
17:44:47 Deeg: meh their both prime numbers ;)
17:45:09 Zorg: most of our players are in America....so rather than confuse them with £'s, English spelling and a 
strange timezone...we made it all American
17:45:27 Zorg: English people get used to adjusting to other timezones anyway using the internet
17:45:42 Deeg: Or.. when you don't open the curtains for two weeks ;)
17:46:10 Deeg: QUESTION: chipmoney asks "will there be more subscriber stuff soon?"
17:46:24 Zorg: Nothing is planned...apart from outfits
17:46:54 Zorg: I don't think anything else is really needed, most of the systems I work on will be for everyone now not subscribers only
17:47:52 Zorg: Going to have to pick up the pace on these now, it is only supposed to be a 1 hour session
17:48:02 Deeg: QUESTION : Cyclone asks "In some posts and the last question hour you mentioned a one attack per time 
process, what exactly do you mean by that? How would it work? And get a character counter for this box"
17:48:24 Zorg: erm kind of like...
17:48:29 Zorg hits Deeg for 20 damage.
17:48:34 Deeg hits Zorg for 10 damage.
17:48:42 Zorg: [Attack Again] [Run Away]
17:48:46 Zorg: in lil buttons
17:49:40 Zorg: It will probably have the same to hit ratio the current system has, unless that yields too long fights
17:49:55 Zorg: In which case the to-hit chance may be increased.
17:50:09 Deeg: One thing i know alot of people have mentioned, will you gain exp per attack or after the whole fight?
17:50:36 Zorg: after a fight
17:51:17 Deeg: Either way, that question was asked already :P
17:51:22 Zorg: It has a complicated fight linking system
17:51:35 Zorg: in which you can see who else is attacking your target... and things
17:51:53 Zorg: It will all make sense when you see it anyway.
17:52:40 Deeg: QUESTION : Deeg asks "Yesterday in the budget (22nd March), Gordon Brown announced £6Billion 
worth of funds will be put into the NHS over the coming year. Will this  affect the opening times of the Hospital in Sector 1?"
17:52:53 Zorg: I hate you...
17:53:12 Deeg: <3 you too
17:53:49 Zorg: as we said before we are in America :P
17:54:00 Deeg: QUESTION: ennazus asks "Will there be any system set up to prevent high lvl player avoid
killing low lvl peeps like lvl 5 peeps? How is one able to lvl with hundreds of lvl 10+ player killing those lvl 5/6?"
17:54:38 Zorg: I haven't seen it actually being a problem yet
17:54:51 Zorg: No more than usual
17:55:14 Zorg: Maybe when we get a lot more players and it becomes a real issue hospital protection could be extended but still...
17:56:12 Deeg: I remember in old G2 before there was protection. Even a short whiles protection is 
worth it considering what it used to be like.
17:56:29 Zorg: We did have a 5 level group system at one point....where level 10-15 cant attack 5-10 and such on the way up
17:56:38 Zorg: people hated it...what is the point of becoming level 80 if you can't beat up newbies?
17:56:58 Zorg: we do have the 3 no exp fights a day limit dont forget
17:57:13 Zorg: It does stop being from wiping out all the newbies.
17:57:48 Zorg: 2 no exp fight a day..whatever
17:58:03 Deeg: QUESTION : G4Lyfe asks "Why do we still have "godlike" as an option in market if all item rarities go down by one?"
17:58:39 Zorg: All avatar only items are godlike, they can be traded but they are level 80 only and nobody has any yet.
17:59:37 Deeg: QUESTION: Gamerer asks "What is the circumference of a moose?  Also..Can there be a newbie gun? like the broken bottle?"
17:59:47 Zorg: Everyones a comedian :P
17:59:49 Deeg: he stole that first question from askaninja... i'm not happy.
18:00:16 Zorg: No, giving guns to newbies is dangerous
18:00:24 Deeg: Water pistols would be fun
18:00:25 Zorg: go play with your glass bottle instead
18:01:02 Deeg: QUESTION: gilhooley asks "who do i contact if my gang bank has been stole"
18:01:05 Zorg: Deeg
18:01:18 Zorg: :D
18:01:36 Deeg: Deeg 1 - Zorg 0
18:01:47 Deeg: Currently, you contact Jkjace about thefts.
18:02:01 Zorg: Sorry that is my default answer whenever a player asks who they should contact about anything
18:02:06 Deeg: :(
18:02:11 Deeg: i hate you.
18:02:15 Deeg: i QUIT!
18:02:26 Zorg: pfft
18:02:57 Zorg: You don't get to quit until I do
18:03:06 Deeg: QUESTION: JasonDavis asks "Why has the gang view been changed i much prefered it the old way 
where you could see everyone and the gang level."
18:03:25 Zorg: because....
18:03:40 Zorg: loading a Gang member list with 39 members is hard work for the server
18:03:46 Zorg: and as gangs get bigger the problem would just get worse.
18:04:05 Zorg: That random lag around the game...where a page would take 1 second to load for no reason,
was caused by people viewing big Gang CPs
18:04:12 Deeg: we tried putting it on the atkins diet
18:04:29 Deeg: though little sugar seems not to make much difference in the world of servers =\
18:04:34 Zorg: the server devotes more resources to dealing with such a big request... and takes them from other players loading pages
18:05:18 Zorg: It is a 20 CPU server, it is fast enough to deal with requests for 39 members of a 
gang in order of ...whatever in under a second
18:05:28 Zorg: But it still takes longer than should be allowed for a single page
18:05:49 Zorg: You will notice there is currently NO lag in the game, because of changes like this.
18:06:55 Deeg: QUESTION : maceybhoy asks "would it be possible to make a chat for the gang so only gang members could talk there?"
18:07:05 Zorg: I actually thought about this recently
18:07:19 Zorg: this chat does support rooms...if I enable them, and with chat being more active recently...
18:07:33 Zorg: I may try it out some time and see if anyone uses them, not sure if it supports limiting access to rooms.
18:07:51 Deeg: a gang should be able to purchase a room :P
18:08:24 Zorg: Hehe
18:08:32 Zorg: Yeah if you want a chatroom you have to sacrafice 5 newbies
18:09:39 Deeg: to nippon?
18:09:46 Deeg: QUESTION: meanway asks "How do we become a moderator or a member of the chamber of elders. 
Also will new npc's be added into the hunting system by the next double  EXP weekend?"
18:10:14 Zorg: Pfft, people think they get to ask 2 questions in 1.
18:10:30 Zorg: moderators are hired like staff through an application process Doddsy runs from time to time
18:10:45 Zorg: ...naturally it will be announced in the forum, and probably in that radio show some idiot runs in Sector 3.
18:11:06 Deeg: Applications closed last weekend, however the moderators will not be selected 
until the current staff selection process has ended.
18:11:34 Zorg: Elders are hand picked from the community by me, people who are active in the 
community and forums....but don't spam like most people.
18:12:03 Zorg: If you make a general contribution to G2, you may be selected.
18:12:27 Zorg: oh but people who annoy me don't get in :P
18:12:46 Deeg: QUESTION: Memphis asks "are you gonna change the times that the hunting bosses revive or make them more often?"
18:13:10 Zorg: Hmm not really thought about it
18:13:20 Zorg: Like I said I want to lessen the importance of hunting anyway
18:14:10 Deeg: QUESTION : NaziHalo asks "Will we get to use those costumes we had last year next Halloween? 
Or any kind of costume at all, for that matter?"
18:14:33 Zorg: Of course...it will be more fun this year, being able to dress up and not just having to pick a head / body.
18:14:58 Zorg: dk already has the tools available to add stuff for a while then remove it, all comes down to him in the end.
18:15:34 Deeg: QUESTION: Primie asks "Will it ever be possible for gang signatures to be in .gif format?"
18:15:42 Zorg: Erm...
18:15:49 Zorg: Lots of people have animated gif signatures
18:15:51 Zorg: http://www.gangsterz2.net/img-bin/zorgsig.gif
18:15:58 Zorg: Mine is saved in gif format, so I don't know what that is about.
18:16:27 Deeg: mine... i dunno what mine is, but its better than everyone elses ;)
18:16:50 Zorg: ohhh gang banners
18:16:58 Zorg: sorry, explaining to me in PMs
18:17:13 Zorg: Erm, yeah I will add it to my to-do list to change
18:17:37 Deeg: while he does that, lets listen to some G2 Radio shall we?
18:17:47 Deeg turns on the transformer theme
18:17:53 Deeg: TRANSFORMEEEEERS
18:17:59 Deeg: robots in disguiiiise!
18:18:35 Deeg: QUESTION: chipmoney asks "can i host the next one or at least co-host it <   please    ill be your friend"
18:18:46 Zorg: No
18:18:52 Deeg: host g3 ?
18:19:31 Zorg: I gather he means the question hour :P
18:19:53 Deeg: aw i hoped he meant radio :(
18:19:57 Deeg: QUESTION: Purple asks "Is DK ever going to make girls tops that cover their chests?"
18:20:14 Deeg: why the hell would he do that?
18:20:24 Zorg: lol I will pass on the suggestion
18:20:39 Deeg: boo!
18:20:46 Deeg: ..bs ? XD
18:21:12 Deeg: QUESTION : Ross asks "Who will win the FIFA world cup this year?"
18:21:31 Deeg: solid snake
18:21:38 Zorg: ...do you follow football Deeg? :/
18:21:51 Zorg: football = soccer in English
18:22:05 Deeg: i thought we were in american?
18:22:33 Deeg: gah my bet is on England as usual, but we'll have to wait and see
18:23:01 Deeg: i think either solid snake, sam fisher or gordon freeman have the best chance :P
18:23:02 Zorg: We have a football team?
18:23:10 Zorg: ...that is as far as my knowledge of football goes
18:23:53 Deeg: surprising
18:24:16 Deeg: i was under the impression you modelled the g2 heads after one :P
18:24:50 Deeg: moving swiftly on... ::roll::
18:24:53 Deeg: QUESTION : Villa4Life asks "Will there ever be a gang wars or would it involve too much coding and time?"
18:25:13 Zorg: Yes, we have quite a lot of it worked out in theory for the new Gang System.
18:25:27 Zorg: I will not go in to detail though...it will only get people excited and bugging me more about adding it
18:25:59 Zorg: Granted I have not got much done over the last couple of days apart from the template...but I have
been ill, I will soon be back to my 10 update a day thing ;)
18:26:35 Zorg: I want it added as much as everyone...I just don't add stuff when other things are not finished.
18:26:39 Deeg: my tooth hurts from all this sugar... :(
18:26:55 Deeg glances over at the atkins book
18:27:26 Deeg: The preperation for the system seems to be well thought out though
18:27:43 Zorg: That is it for the questions, if we did not ask your question it is because it was stupid, you're stupid 
and we don't like you....that or someone else asked it first.
18:27:52 Deeg: it's been a hot topic in the elders for quite a while, and its still in its pre=production stage i'm guessing :P
18:28:07 Zorg: Wanna say anything before we let people talk again Deeg?
18:28:11 Deeg: yeah
18:28:21 Deeg: first of all... stop pming me your radio requests.
18:28:22 Deeg: second of all
18:28:40 Deeg: trust me to be the question master on the longest question hour ever -_-